SpottedBeaver's 2001 Tacoma Worklog

I'm finally putting together my worklog. I've been working on this project since the beginning of December, 2006 and I joined the forum in March, 2007. It's about time to post the worklog.

First, I'm installing my carputer into my 2001 Toyota Tacoma Doublcab. I am the original owner and I've had it for over six years. It's a great truck, I'm going to keep it for a while and the best thing about it is that it is paid for.

nice, I wish i had a double cab so more than me and 1 passenger (the back of an 01 tacoma xtra cab is not fit for human seating, despite what toyota says) could enjoy the awesomeness of the in-car computer

nice, I wish i had a double cab so more than me and 1 passenger (the back of an 01 tacoma xtra cab is not fit for human seating, despite what toyota says) could enjoy the awesomeness of the in-car computer

That's the reason I got the double cab. 2001 was the first year Toyota was offering them. I have a friend who has an xtra cab and he, my brother and I used to carpool to work everyday. I dreaded the days he was driving.

The drawback to the double cab is, there's not much room to install stuff. I've got my PC under the driver's seat. I didn't want to put it there but that's the only place where there was room. I've got two 8" pioneer elite subs behind the 60 part of the 60/40 bench in the back. Those subs are only 4" deep and barely fit.

It's a V6. The 4 banger wouldn't have had very much power for the size of that truck. It has some pretty good amount of power in the V6. I have seen up to 28mpg on the highway. That's not typical. I will usually get around 25 on the highway and around 16 or 17 in my city driving, depending on how traffic is for the week. That's a huge difference. It is 4-wheel drive so that cuts a little mpg off.